Guide plate for dry separators



July 6 1926.

v Y 1,591,221 J. G. MAHAN GUIDE PLATE FOR DRY SEPARATORS Filed Feb. 6, 1924 2 C v lnvanzor. J3 C J6; e G. JMaka/w.

parting materially from the spirit of my invention and I wish, therefore, that my show ing betaken as in a sense diagrammatic.

I claim V 1. The combination with a concentrating table of a guide plate arranged immediately below the discharge edge thereof, a fixed support spaced in front of the guide plate,

a deflecting blade interposed betweenthem comprislng a channel ;member,-

compres V sible packing strip on one edge of the channel'engaging the guide plate,;the other flange of the channel being slotted where it engages the lixe'd support and means slidably and rotatably engaging the slotted portionf of the flange to adjustably clamp the deflecting blade in place, the fixed support being longitudinally slotted to engage the clamping means, the clampingmeans comprising a bolt passing through said slots having its head engaging the web of the channel and a hand wheel threaded thereon 1 below the discharge end thereof, a fixed supporting member located-in front of and a'dapted to engage the fixed support and clampthe blade and support together.'

. 2. The combination with a concentrating table of aguide'pl'ate arranged immediately above the plate; a deflecting blade interposed between the supporting member and therplate' and resting upon the supporting member, adjusting-andclamping-means associated with the deflecting blade and'per manently in contact with the supporting member adapted to lock the deflecting blade in place and adapted when released for the adjustment of the deflecting blade to main-. tain permanent contact with the supporting member and hold the deflectingrblade in re lation-with the guide plate.

manual adjustment. Y '7 v 1.

'LThe combinationwitha OODCQIltl'atlIig table of a guide plate arrangedimmediately below the discharge edge thereof, a fixedsupport placed in front of the deflecting plate,

there being sufficient clearance between the 7 support and'the plate to permit the dis? charge of the'concentrated material between them, a deflecting blade interposed between the support and the plate, means associated with the support'for positively holding the deflecting blade in adjusted position, said means being adapted when released to loose- 1y hold the deflecting plate and prevent its displacement by the material and permit its manual adjustment, the support being slotted, the holding means comprising a bolt and hand wheel, the bolt passing through the slot in the supporting means, the deflector blade being flanged, there being a slot in the flange to engage the bolt. i

Signedat Chicago county of ,Cook and State of Illinois, this fourth day-of February 1921' d JE SSE G." MA HAN. 

